A Christmas Story is widely considered one of the best Christmas movies of all time, but is it really that good? It's a question I would've thought ridiculous to even bring up, but someone recently did just that after watching the classic for the first time. The question was brought to the masses, and I was surprised by what the most popular answer was.
As I'm reminded that A Christmas Story Christmas, the sequel that's available with an HBO Max subscription, is on my watch list for this year, someone on Reddit recently watched the original for the first time and wanted to know why it had such a stranglehold on pop culture. The top response was simple, and makes more sense the longer I think about it:
